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Prevalence and management of symptom diagnoses in children in general practice

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To explore the prevalence of symptom diagnoses in children in general practice and the management strategies performed by GPs. Among them, 2767 (44.9%) had at least 1 contact with their GP for at least 1 symptom diagnosis, and 161 (2.6%) had at least 1 persistent symptom diagnosis. Design Retrospective cohort study.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Does a good history matter anymore?

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

The systematic review of peer-reviewed intervention was published from 2018 to 2023. The Southern US accounts for more than half of all new HIV diagnoses, and in Georgia, where I practice, new HIV diagnosis rates in 2022 were seven times higher among Black women than White women and two times higher than among White men.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Often when there’s a cognitive concern, it’s a family member that is calling saying, “I just want to make sure my mom should still be driving after this happened, or after this diagnosis.” Emmy: Yeah.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

GeriPal

But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place. Why did you even bother doing this study? Jennifer 04:34 Yeah, thanks for the question.